Consecutive Numbers

Find the least value of n n so that 13 × 19 × n 13 \times 19 \times n is a product of three consecutive natural numbers.


The answer is 222.

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1 solution

Yash Jain
Mar 24, 2016

It is known that the product of three consecutive natural numbers is always divisible by 6. Its means the product of 13 × 19 × n 13 \times 19 \times n must be divisible by 6.

Putting n = 6 × k n = 6 \times k

13 × 19 × n 13 × 19 × 6 × k 13 \times 19 \times n \Rightarrow 13 \times 19 \times 6 \times k

( 13 × 3 ) × ( 19 × 2 ) × k \Rightarrow (13 \times 3) \times (19 \times 2) \times k

38 × 39 × k \Rightarrow 38 \times 39 \times k

Now clearly k k can be replaced by either 37 37 or 40 40 . Since we are required to find the least value, we will replace k k by 37.

Hence the required value of n n will be

n = 6 × k = 6 × 37 222 n = 6 \times k = 6 \times 37 \Rightarrow \boxed{222}

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